re: Traffic IS the problem, and it's never gonna get better.

pussification of a generation

How About People Just Stay HOME if they can't deal with traffic?

ffs some our fans will bitch about everything.

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You'd think they could set up a system where some people park over there, take a ferry across the river, and then walk or go by bus to the stadium area.

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Build a Chunnel from campus to other side of river and run Contra flow the other direction.

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an extra 30 mins

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try as much as an extra 2 hours. If you have a 3+ hour drive already, adding another 2 hours to traffic home is very notable.

The OP is dead on.

Those who have lifestyles that allow them to wait, or who live close, cannot process this issue.

Furthermore, as a season ticket holder with a TAF fee, if you can't make all the games, or need to sell some tickets, you can expect to get a lot less for the ticket than you paid, if you can even sell it.

The last 10K addition was bad on many fronts.

While some major improvements (adding lanes, etc) could be done, which would take plenty of time and money, the people controlling the traffic seem to be creating bigger problems instead of helping.

Perfect example...

We park near highland. Last week they were sending traffic in two directions to get onto highland. One stayed on the main drag, leading up to a red light to turn onto highland. Once the line was long for that area people were diverted to a road to go around and catch highland by going a block further. People that were directed to red light at highland were forced to turn off of highland and go through other area (not the best neighboorhood, but still) and get to interstate that way. People who were directed to side road to get to highland had to turn left and stay on highland. This created no traffic issue on highland because the ones going to red light on main drag were forced to turn off.


Now fast forward to this week. Everybody was forced to go by way of main drag onto highland. Didn't allow access to side road to get there. That is problem 1 that caused conjestion. Then to compound that, they usually allow travel towards interstate in turning lane and regular lane. They did this, but cut it off really quickly this week, forcing two lanes to merge into one. Created tons more traffic.

So the problem is just as much the idiots directing the traffic. It's like they have no plan and wing it every single week.

I love all these people leaving early.
I watch the the whole game.
Then take a leisurely walk to my car. Eat a sandwich and listen to the postgame show. After the coach's interviewed I leave.
By then it's 15 minutes to the interstate.
Thanks to all that leave early, it allows me to watch the whole game and avoid traffic.


As far as LSU administration or local politicians upgrading infrastructure don't get your hopes up. They have your ticket money and have no reason to make things easier on ticket holders.

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Not true, I park damn close to the stadium and don't have a problem.

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Left about an hour after the last game was over from the lot next to Lockett Hall. Took about 45 minutes to get from the lot to Highland and Dalrymple are which is about a quarter of a mile.

You ever think that the games being completely boring for 5 hours had anything to do with it?

Historically they were long and boring, so people got used to leaving early. I suspect they'll start staying longer and longer